Community Partners
| Core Faculty Co-Is | College/School | Research Focus | key Words | Community Partners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtney Caiola | Nursing (CON) | Addressing social and structural determinants of health for women at risk for or living with chronic illness | Maternal/Child Health, Health Equity, HIV, Opioid Use Disorder | - Community Advisory Board of persons with lived experience from eastern and central NC - Duke, UNC, ECU Health Medical Clinics |
| Alice Richman | Health & Human Performance (HHP) | Cancer health disparities | Rural Health Equity, HPV Vaccination, Access to Care, Digital Equity | - Amexican - Health Depts across 5 ENC counties - FQHCs in Hertford County and across NC - SoDM Community Service Learning Centers - Public Libraries - ECU Health, Eastern Radiology, Carolina Breast Imaging - Narrative Arts (non-profit) - Duke Endowment |
| Lauren Sastre | Allied Health Sciences (CAHS) | Optimizing implementation science to identify efficient and effective Food as Medicine programming to address chronic diseases | Chronic Disease, Food Insecurity & Assistance, Diet, Food and Nutrition, Medically Underinsured/ Underserved | - NC Association of Free and Charitable Clinics - Society of St. Andrew - Rural Churches denominations) and Community Centers (different groups) in 21 counties in ENC - Duke Endowment |
| Rukiyah Van Dross | Medicine (BSOM) | Development of cancer therapeutics | Colon Cancer, Cancer Chemotherapy, Early Exposure to STEMM | -Regional HBCUs (NCCU, ECSU) - North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) - Small Business Technology Development Center (SBTDC) - MedSurgPI -North Carolina Central University -Elizabeth City State University |
| Wanda Wright | Dental Medicine (SoDM) | Oral public health disparities | Access to Dental Care, Oral Health-Related Quality of Life, Geofencing, Community-Academic Partnerships | - Public Schools: Bertie & Jones County - Bertie County & Jones County Health Departments - Duke Endowment - SoDM Community Service Learning Centers |
| Jessica Cooke Bailey | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Disparities in vision health and care | Vision Health Disparities | -ECU Health Ophthalmology -Joy Community Center & Soup Kitchen, Greenville -Cleveland, Ohio - Kingston Public Hospital, Jamaica |
Partners’ Locations across the Globe
Partners’ Locations in North Carolina
